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Oregon County History

Oregon County is described in the Encyclopedia
of the History of Missouri (1901) as: "The
county in the southern part of the State, bounded
on the north by Shannon and Carter, east by Carter
and Ripley, south by the state of Arkansas, and
west by Howell County; area 491,000 acres"

The first known white settler was Charles Hatcher
in 1809, a Revolutionary War veteran.

The population in 1845 was 700. In the next 5
years the population grew to 1,432. In 1860 the
population had more than doubled to 3,009. In
1870 there were 278 more individuals. In 1880
there was another increase up to 5,721. However,
in 1890 the population had almost doubled again
to 10,467.

Above info from Oregon County
Heritage Book by the Historical Society of Oregon
County and Post Offices: Places, and
People of Oregon County